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The Big Story: Vatican introduces new law on reporting abuse
May 16, 2019
What happened? Whistleblowers will be protected and bishops given extra scrutiny under new laws promulgated by Pope Francis last Thursday. Vos estis lux mundi, a new motu proprio, requires all dioceses to have a confidential procedure for receiving allegations. Priests and religious, it makes clear, are required by canon law to report bishops’ offences. These
Overlooked: Pope dampens expectations of women deacons
May 16, 2019
What happened? Pope Francis has disappointed campaigners for women deacons, saying that the commission he appointed to study the subject was inconclusive. Speaking on the papal flight from North Macedonia, Francis said there was “some agreement” among members of the commission, but not enough to reach a final conclusion. Why was it under-reported? Although the
The Week Ahead: beatification, ordinations and Marian motets
May 16, 2019
Saturday May 18 sees the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz (1916-75) in her birthplace of Madrid. She will be the first beatified lay member of Opus Dei, the organisation that helps Catholics to sanctify everyday life. Ortiz taught in universities, set up educational institutions and served the poor. She has been described as having “a big
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Prize crossword 0593
May 16, 2019
Cryptic across 5 Place in honour of Herod’s dad non-PC participants find revolting… (10) 7 …and others find limited, as expressed in Rome (2,2) 8 There’s a particular acidity in Isaac’s new High Priest (8) 9 Stock names include Liam, essentially a county type (7) 10 Fiery saint owes much to Anselmo’s inclusion of him
Vos estis: revolution and realism
May 16, 2019
Last week the Vatican announced with much fanfare a new law concerning clerical abuse. The law, issued via the document Vos estis lux mundi (“You are the light of the world”), was hailed instantly by some as revolutionary. The new law, which comes into force on June 1, obliges priests and religious to report abuse
How to… mark the Month of Mary
May 16, 2019
May is the month of Our Lady, and it is nearly impossible to visit a church, especially for Mass, and remain oblivious to the outpouring of devotion to Mary during this time. Nearly all Sunday Masses will at least conclude with a hymn in her honour. Marian veneration is so popular that a revival of
Letters & emails
May 16, 2019
Letter of the Week A saint’s plea to a young Shakespeare SIR – Joseph Pearce (Arts, May 10) writes of the Jesuit martyr St Robert Southwell as “serving as Shakespeare’s Muse”. That needs qualification. We find Southwell expressing a discreet dismay at the two elaborately sensuous narrative poems (Venus and Adonis and The Rape of
Letters & Emails
May 09, 2019
The betrayal of the Church in China SIR – Your leader, “East of Eden” (May 3), expresses timely if overly respectful doubt about current Vatican policy in China. I have never trusted China on any point since 1949 when, as a member of the Labour League of Youth, I cut out articles from the Manchester
The Week in Quotations
May 09, 2019
“Christians are confused… Each day in Rome I receive discouraged and suffering priests. The Church is going through the dark night” Cardinal Robert Sarah in his new book Die Tagespost “There’s no greater well to draw on… Everything is in there” Bruce Springsteen on how Catholicism shapes his music Associated Press If I were the president
Mass Readings
May 09, 2019
Ordinary Form Divine Office Week IV Sunday, May 12: The Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 13:14, 43-52; Ps 100; Rev 7:9,14B-17; Jn 10:27-30 Monday, May 13: Weekday of Easter or Our Lady of Fatima Acts 11:1-18; Ps 42; Jn 10:1-10 Tuesday, May 14: St Matthias Acts 1:15-17, 20-26; Ps 113; Jn 15:9-17 Wednesday, May 15:
How to… Pray for vocations
May 09, 2019
This Sunday is the World Day of Prayer for Vocations. It is an occasion set aside for asking Our Lord to serve His Church with priests and religious, adding to the prayers bishops offer all year round with the support of the faithful. All Catholics have a vocation, a unique calling, as Blessed John Henry
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